Editing South Australia (section)

==Sport==

{{Main|Sport in South Australia}}

===Australian rules football===
[[File:McLeodMarkcrop.jpg|thumb|The [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]], a [[local derby]] between South Australia's two AFL teams {{AFL Ade}} and {{AFL PA}}]]

[[Australian rules football]] is the most popular spectator sport in South Australia. In 2006, South Australians had the highest attendance rate for the sport of any state, with 31% of South Australians attending a match in the previous twelve months.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4174.0Main+Features12005-06?OpenDocument=|title=4174.0 - Sports Attendance, Australia, 2005-06|date=25 January 2007|access-date=1 October 2022|website=[[Australian Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref> South Australia fields two teams in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL): the [[Adelaide Football Club]] and [[Port Adelaide Football Club]]. The two teams have an intense rivalry called the [[Showdown (AFL)|Showdown]].<ref name="Culture War">{{cite web|url=https://indaily.com.au/sport/football/2021/08/06/culture-war-getting-the-lowdown-on-showdown/|title=Culture war: getting the lowdown on Showdown|last=Rucci|first=Michelangelo|date=6 August 2021|access-date=1 October 2022|website=InDaily}}</ref> The traditional home of Australian rules football in South Australia was [[Football Park]] in the western suburb of [[West Lakes, South Australia|West Lakes]], which was the home ground of both AFL teams until 2013. Since 2014, both teams have used [[Adelaide Oval]], near the city centre, as their home ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-29/adelaide-oval-success-boosts-afl-crowd-figures/5777552|title=Adelaide Oval success boosts AFL crowd figures|date=29 September 2014|access-date=1 October 2022|website=ABC.net.au}}</ref>

The [[South Australian National Football League]] (SANFL), which was the premier league in the state before the advent of the Australian Football League, is a popular local league comprising ten teams: Sturt, Port Adelaide, Adelaide, West Adelaide, South Adelaide, North Adelaide, Norwood, Woodville/West Torrens, Glenelg and Central District.

The [[Adelaide Footy League]] comprises 68 member clubs playing over 110 matches per week across ten senior divisions and three junior divisions. It is one of Australia's largest and strongest Australian rules football associations.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.saafl.asn.au/ |title=South Australian Amateur Football League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702020422/http://www.saafl.asn.au/ |archive-date=2 July 2009 |access-date=5 July 2009}}</ref>

===Cricket===
[[Cricket]] has a long history in South Australia, with the first matches being played in 1839. Regular club matches were organised following the establishment of the [[South Australian Cricket Association]] (SACA) in 1871.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whimpress |first1=Bernard |title=Cricket |url=https://sahistoryhub.history.sa.gov.au/subjects/cricket |website=SA History Hub |access-date=22 February 2024 |language=en |date=14 February 2022}}</ref> Presently, SACA governs the [[South Australian Premier Cricket]] competition in addition to all forms of domestic cricket in the state. Cricket is the most popular summer sport in South Australia, with 39,000 club players at both junior and senior levels in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=ANNUAL REPORT 2022/23 |url=https://resources.saca.pulselive.com/saca/document/2023/08/31/6aa66a65-9329-4b41-8085-1779eaac6f71/SACA-Annual-Report-2022_23-A4-102513-Web.pdf |website=SACA |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=31 August 2023}}</ref>

At the professional level, the [[South Australia cricket team]] represent the state in men's competitions including the [[Sheffield Shield]] and [[One-Day Cup (Australia)|One-Day Cup]]. The [[South Australia women's cricket team]] represent the state in the [[Women's National Cricket League]]. South Australia also hosts the [[Adelaide Strikers]] in the [[Twenty20]] [[Big Bash League]] and their [[Adelaide Strikers (WBBL)|women's team]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League]]. Matches are held at [[Adelaide Oval]] and [[Karen Rolton Oval]] in the [[Adelaide Parklands]].

International cricket is also held in South Australia, with matches being played at Adelaide Oval. The venue was used to host matches in both the men's [[1992 Cricket World Cup]] and [[2015 Cricket World Cup]]. Adelaide Oval also saw use during the [[2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]]. Outside of Adelaide, international cricket has also been played in [[Berri, South Australia]] with [[Berri Oval]] hosting a singular match during the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

===Association football===
[[Adelaide United FC|Adelaide United]] represents South Australia in soccer in the men's [[A-League]] and women's [[W-League (Australia)|W-League]]. The club's home ground is [[Hindmarsh Stadium]] (Coopers Stadium), but previously played occasional games at Adelaide Oval.

The club was founded in 2003 and are the [[2015–16 A-League|2015–16 season]] champions of the [[A-League]]. The club was also premier in the inaugural 2005–06 A-League season, finishing 7 points clear of the rest of the competition, before finishing 3rd in the finals. Adelaide United was also a Grand Finalist in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons. Adelaide is the only A-League club to have progressed past the group stages of the [[Asian Champions League]] on more than one occasion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Reds-finalise-squad-for-ACL-Knockout-Stage/48711 |title=Reds finalise squad for ACL Knockout Stage – Adelaide United FC 2013 |website=Football Australia |access-date=16 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203151635/http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/adelaideunited/news-display/Reds-finalise-squad-for-ACL-Knockout-Stage/48711 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |date=24 August 2012}}</ref>

[[Adelaide City FC|Adelaide City]] remains South Australia's most successful club, having won three [[National Soccer League]] titles and three [[NSL Cup]]s. City was the first side from South Australia to ever win a continental title when it claimed the [[1987 Oceania Club Championship]] and it has also won a record 17 [[National Premier Leagues South Australia|South Australian championships]] and 17 [[FFSA Federation Cup|Federation Cups]].

[[West Adelaide SC|West Adelaide]] became the first South Australian club to be crowned Australian champion when it won the [[1978 National Soccer League]] title. Like City, it now competes in the [[National Premier Leagues South Australia]] and the two clubs contest the [[Adelaide derby]].

===Basketball===
Basketball also has a big following in South Australia, with the [[Adelaide 36ers]] playing in the [[Adelaide Entertainment Centre]]. The 36ers have won four championships in the last 20 years in the [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]]. The [[Adelaide Entertainment Centre]], located in [[Hindmarsh, South Australia|Hindmarsh]], is the home of basketball in the state.

Mount Gambier also has a national basketball team – the Mount Gambier Pioneers. The Pioneers play at the Icehouse (Bern Bruning Basketball Stadium), which seats over 1,000 people and is also home to the Mount Gambier Basketball Association. The Pioneers won the South Conference in 2003 and the Final in 2003; this team was rated second in the top five teams to have ever played in the league. In 2012, the club entered its 25th season, with a roster of 10 senior players (two imports) and three development squad players.

===Motorsport===
Australia's premier motorsport series, the [[Supercars Championship]], has visited South Australia each year since 1999. South Australia's Supercars event, the [[Adelaide 500]], is staged on the [[Adelaide Street Circuit]], a temporary track laid out through the streets and parklands to the east of the [[Adelaide city centre]]. Attendance for the 2022 event totalled 258,200.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 March 2023 |title=Adelaide 500 drives all-time record |url=https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-releases/news-items/adelaide-500-drives-all-time-record |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103025148/https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/media-releases/news-items/adelaide-500-drives-all-time-record |archive-date=3 November 2023 |access-date=13 January 2024 |website=Premier of South Australia}}</ref> An earlier version of the [[Adelaide Street Circuit]] played host to the [[Australian Grand Prix]], a round of the [[FIA Formula One World Championship]], each year from 1985 to 1995.

[[Mallala Motor Sport Park]], a permanent circuit located near the town of [[Mallala, South Australia|Mallala]], 58&nbsp;km north of Adelaide, caters for both state and national level motor sport throughout the year.

[[The Bend Motorsport Park]], is another permanent circuit, located just outside of [[Tailem Bend, South Australia|Tailem Bend]].<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/3777170/park-named-the-bend/ |title=The Bend Motorsport Park: Tailem Bend raceway, former SA Motorsport Park and Mitsibushi test track, has new official name |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629131149/https://www.murrayvalleystandard.com.au/story/3777170/park-named-the-bend/ |archive-date=29 June 2018 |website=Murray Valley Standard |date=8 March 2016 |first=Peri |last=Strathearn}}</ref>

===Rugby league===
{{main|Rugby league in South Australia}}
The state [[rugby league]] federation is the [[South Australian Rugby League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sarl.leaguenet.com.au/|title=LeagueNet - South Australian Rugby League|access-date=3 December 2023|archive-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909060911/http://sarl.leaguenet.com.au/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game traces its roots in the state back to the 1940s, when the Port Adelaide [[rugby union]] team split in four, and defected to [[rugby league]].

South Australia's only professional rugby league team, the [[Adelaide Rams]], had a short but eventful existence. After debuting in the [[Super League (Australia)|Super League]] competition in [[1997 Super League (Australia) season|1997]], in [[National Rugby League season 1998|1998]] they were selected to join the 20-team [[National Rugby League]]; however they were to be axed from the 1999 season as part of a rationalisation of teams (from 20 to 14) in the competition.

At present however, the [[South Australian Rugby League]] still operates a local semi-professional competition consisting of both junior and adult teams from across Adelaide.

[[Adelaide Oval]] hosted [[State of Origin series]] games in both [[2020 State of Origin series|2020]] and [[2023 State of Origin series|2023]], with the latter drawing a state record rugby league attendance of 48,613.

===Other sports===
[[File:Be active tour.jpg|right|thumb|[[Tour Down Under]] at [[Angaston, South Australia|Angaston]]. South Australia has hosted the event since 1999.]]
Sixty-three percent of South Australian children took part in organised sports in 2002–2003.<ref>"[http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/DetailsPage/4901.0Apr%202003?OpenDocument Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities]", April 2003, Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 14 January 2013.</ref>

The [[ATP Adelaide]] was a tennis tournament held from 1972 to 2008 that then moved to Brisbane. Since 2020, South Australia has hosted the [[Adelaide International (tennis)|Adelaide International]] tennis tournament. Also, the [[Royal Adelaide Golf Club]] has hosted nine editions of the [[Australian Open (golf)|Australian Open]], with the most recent being in 1998.

The state has hosted the [[Tour Down Under]] cycle race since 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/what-sa-gained-by-losing-the-grand-prix/6288836 |title=Victoria may gloat about poaching the Grand Prix, but SA gained a lot by losing it |last=Keane |first=Daniel |date=12 March 2015 |website=[[abc.net.au|ABC News]] |access-date=21 January 2017}}</ref>